My Newest potter aquisition ..Tetsuaki Nakao and the gorgeous Galaxy Glazes..this one if the white/aqua "Spring" versionthe cup itself is quite thin walled..the glaze is amazing. I am really enjoying the look of my sencha in it ..and its just a joy to use.

Thanks! It is a perfect Sencha cup for me anyway.here are a couple things from the small pottery show they had here My daughter and I both won a prize in the drawings;she won this cup..wild glazing..lots of stuff going on..the guys mainstay is ceramic sinks..really beautiful stuffthe impression looks like a butterfly on the fiddlehead fern. She also bought this cool looking 6oz cupEven little brother got a cupand I won this small vase/jar. seems like resurection ferns or fiddleheads are popular in Mountain pottery culture

Nenugal wrote:Lovely galaxies! Must be awesome to drink tea from something that shiny.

its quite sublime..the spring one has more of the aqua blue inside than on the outside..green sencha looks very cool in there. it is shiny..but not overly so. i relaly enjoy holding it, looking at it..using it

Here is an old lacquer tea container. It is wood covered in lacquer. I am not sure of the exact date of it, but I am quite a fan. I have a pair of these. I know it is not a tin Chip, but I thought you might like it.

The black-on-red lacquer is really dramatic and awesome to see -- do you use it for everyday storage? I only ask because I know that most lacquer containers aren't so good to store tea in, but that one looks splendid!

I do use it. It is currently filled with an old puer that I have no history on. It is an old Shengpu, but the person who gave it to me had no idea when, or who produced it. I keep it in my tea vault, which is carefully temperature and humidity controlled. I worry about humidity causing the inner wood to swell. It is a big problem here, where it is so humid.

IPT wrote:Here is an old lacquer tea container. It is wood covered in lacquer. I am not sure of the exact date of it, but I am quite a fan. I have a pair of these. I know it is not a tin Chip, but I thought you might like it.

For sure!

Only have a few natsume in lacquer. I would like to get more natsume and lacquer ware in general, but really pricey for the good stuff. Heck, I have never once used any natsume

add hot water to pots, wait about 30 seconds, pour into cups, wait briefly for water to cool enough, drink, and ponder, what is the effect of the vessel on the water? Or, more skeptically, what is the effect of my expectations on my perception of the water?

Glass pitcher--the neutral standard, nothing exciting, as expected.

New iron-rich clay kyusu from Petr Novak--the water may be slightly different, hint of mineral and sweet, can't wait to see what this does with my morning sencha next!(more pictures in a post in the TC SO topic)

New teapot from Seong-Il--doesn't alter the water much, seems quite neutral, a good quality for a pot I've decided to dedicate to floral green oolongs [addendum: later in the evening, while drinking from the 'first time' use of the Seong-il pot, I can confirm that this was a very good choice. Yum.](more pictures here in another topic)

Chao Zhou teapot from Tea Habitat, lightly used, only for Dan Congs --slight Dan Cong flavor, adds a hint of sharpness to the water, surprised to see that effect with so little seasoning to date.

Yixing teapot, cheap and tiny (who knows if it was ever near genuine yixing clay?), used for shu puerh--softens it a bit, did not expect that, was that after effects of shu, or the clay?

Tokoname kyusu, well seasoned pot used several times a week for sencha--hint of sweet green tea is apparent from the first sip.

It was quite interesting, though not nearly so tasty as tea.

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